9/12/10 - Avid Anglers Tourney @ Webster Lake - Webster, MA
Avid Tourney @ Webster today which counts as our first 2011 tournament. The boater I was supposed to go with canceled last minute, which put my preparation out of wack. So at the ramp 30 minutes before the start of the tourney I get a different boater, and try and make the best of it. Fall transition is happening big time, vegetation is dying off quickly. Fish were scattered, and I had a tough time adjusting to where my boater had us. He finished up with 3 fish(2 Largemouth, 1 Smallie) for 3-1/2lbs mostly on the dropshot. I threw a jig, spinnerbait, jerkbait, dropshot, topwater without bite. Inline spinner got me 2 short Smallies(6in, 8in), 2 Short Largemouth(7in, 10in), and a Bluegill. Wacky worm got my 1 short Largemouth 11-1/2" of course. The only keeper I got was when I was on the trolling motor while my boater was fixing a reel, inside of about 5 mins on a tube off 2 docks I got one 11-3/4" short Largemouth, and the keeper which was 1lb 11oz. 14 Anglers total, 11+lbs took first place, Lunker was 4-1/4lb Largemouth, and my 1 fish gave me last place. Trying to think of it in a postive note, that one fish gives points Ill need later in the season, and its better than a shutout!!!